Update on saw, I started using it to cut 5/8" grade 60 rebar. One bimetal sawzall blade will make 1 to 2 cuts through the 5/8" G60 bar before burning up. I bought a new 5 3/8" Morse blade for this metal saw and cut through 40 pieces for a recent project and blade still in excellent shape. I did notice some damage to the saw. The clear plastic that keeps the metal particles from flying everywhere melted and became discolored from the extreme heat created while cutting the rebar. The guard still functions but is damaged. I noticed the 8" saws from Milwaukee and Makita have a metal guard and im sure that is most of the reason why. Saw also cuts very well with a thin kerf diablo wood blade on plywood and lumber.

@MalindoWe

Жыл бұрын

They don't recommend to use it with a broken plastic guard. Can be repaired/replaced if you send the tool to them

I had a burning lip too with the Kobalt blades.

A Great review. You Yankees have slightly different building systems to us Aussies. Good Luck!

Don't want to waste alot of time to drive but you made a long video lol I'm just kidding. Thank you for the review that saw cuts awesome.

Logically makes sense to buy this

I've been looking at these, I travel a lot so I have been wanting looking for one on a shelf but so far no luck. Anyway, if you have a sharpening house around, see if those Milwaukee blades can be resharpened. Their poor performance might be the geometry they chose on the edge. That's a whole thing and the angles can be tweaked for different material sizes shapes and hardness. If the Milwaukee blades have enough left on them to replicate the geometry of the Morse, they might be ok... Just a thought. Even if you only get similar performance, resharpening should be no more than half the cost of a new one...Probably closer to 10 bucks it looks with a quick google.

@davewood406

3 жыл бұрын

Got my hands on one. Cutting unistrut and 1 1/4 EMT. Zipped right through both, normally do this with a portable bandsaw. One nice other nice thing is a square cut is much easier than with a porta band. Not that a bandsaw doesn't leave a sharp edge but this saw leaves a very sharp edge, but you should be deburring anyway.

i Have a Milwaukee Portaband saw. Bought blades for it from Milwaukee and they suck. I bought some Morse blades and they are much better. I like Milwaukee tools but will no longer but their saw blades or bandsaw blades.

I don’t Jane any complaints with the blade that came with the saw it made multiple cuts through 1/4” steel plate and 1/8” flat bar and I’m still cutting 5/8 bolts and 2” angle iron like butter

@burksoutdoors7607

3 жыл бұрын

Milwaukee may have updated their blade or it could just be the Morse blade is so much better. For what I was doing there was no comparison between the two. Definitely glad it works out for you.